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A LIKWID bouquet

The note says: “For the name ‘LIKWID’ – because it keeps conjuring a smile on my lips.”

Just got this from an anonymous fan. The note says: “For the name ‘LIKWID’ – because it keeps conjuring a smile on my lips.” You’re most welcome, whoever you are.

For those who don’t know, LIKWID is our multicore performance tool suite. I’m not a developer (Thomas Gruber [né Röhl] does the hard work there), but I happen to be the one who came up with the acronym: “Like I Knew What I’m Doing.”